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UNITED NATIONS CHARTER ON DEPENDENT TERRITORIES

1.

The administration of the Dependent Territories is guided

by our obligations under the UN Charter. Our obligations in

respect of our Dependent Territories are laid down in Articles

73 and 74.

Article 73

"Members of the United Nations which have or assume

responsibilities for the administration of territories

whose peoples have not yet attained a full measure of

self-government recognise the principle that the

interests of the inhabitants of these territories are

paramount, and accept as a sacred trust the obligation

to promote to the utmost, within the system of

international peace and security established by the present Charter, the well being of the inhabitants of

these territories, and, to this end:

(a)

(b)

to ensure, with due respect for the culture

of the peoples concerned, their political,

economic, social and educational advancement,

their just treatment, and their protection

against abuses;

to develop self-government, to take due account

of the political aspirations of the peoples,

and to assist them in the progressive

development of their free political institutions

according to the particular circumstances of

each territory and its peoples and their varying stages of advancement."

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